Post your Trek related questions here!

Hey RBR!

My name is Mitchell and I am the new Community Manager at Trek Bikes. This a great forum for all things road bikes and I hope to rekindle the "Trek" manufacturer forum so that if anyone has direct questions pertaining to their Trek bike, this could be the place for it. Feel free to drop any questions below. I'll do my best to answer anything and if I don't have the answer, I'll try to find it.

Let's just keep it clean and topic related. I'm just here to help! If there is anything out of the ordinary you'd want to share, please PM me anytime.

Look forward to chatting with you here!

P.S. if you have a thread in another section of the forum you want me to look at, please PM the link to me, thanks!

Hi Mitch, thank you for posting. Unfortunately this place doesn't get the traffic it used to, and the Manufacturer sub-forums are pretty quiet. Back in the day they were bumpin', though.

I'll ask a question... are Bontrager components manufactured in-house or specifically for Bontrager... or are they re-branded but made by another company (ex: Scott's Syncros wheels made by DT Swiss)? Does Trek/Bontrager actually do much engineering/design with the components (ex: Speed Stop brakes)?

Hi Mitch, thank you for posting. Unfortunately this place doesn't get the traffic it used to, and the Manufacturer sub-forums are pretty quiet. Back in the day they were bumpin', though.

I'll ask a question... are Bontrager components manufactured in-house or specifically for Bontrager... or are they re-branded but made by another company (ex: Scott's Syncros wheels made by DT Swiss)? Does Trek/Bontrager actually do much engineering/design with the components (ex: Speed Stop brakes)?

Thanks for the heads up! I'll still be here in case someone has a Q though!

To answer your question, Bontrager components are engineered in house. We do have some general wheels and hubs that are branded for us though. These are usually your very bottom tier options though. Formula, is the hub manufacturer we sometimes use. But when we make any product with another company, it is usually a partnership between the engineering teams of both sides. This is at least what I have been told and what I have seen so far at Trek. I actually get the pleasure of seeing our Aeolus XXX wheels made in house since I work in the Waterloo, WI HQ. Pretty amazing to see the level of work put into those.

Hello Mitch,
Can you use the new Madone SLR bar stem combo on a prior generation Madone 9 series bike?
2nd question, can you run a different stem (and handlebar) on a new Madone SLR?
Is there a some new spacers and top cap piece, like there was on the Madone 9, that allows the use of a different stem?
Thank You!

Hello Mitch,
Can you use the new Madone SLR bar stem combo on a prior generation Madone 9 series bike?
2nd question, can you run a different stem (and handlebar) on a new Madone SLR?
Is there a some new spacers and top cap piece, like there was on the Madone 9, that allows the use of a different stem?
Thank You!

Hey ghoundz!

1) You wouldn't be able to attach the new Madone SLR bar/stem to the prior gen Madone. They use a different fitment with the frame integration and the headset.

2) Not at the moment, but if memory serves me right, this is something the Road team was considering so we may just be awaiting it's release.

I've ridden various brands of bikes but have only owned Treks, (since 1983), and have been using them as my exclusive brand now. Absolutely my, (obviously) favorite brand. For a road bike, my personal choice of frame for years has been the Domane.

On the one negative side noted as an indirect question, what's with some of their choices for colors for specific models. The current Domane SL 7 is a terrific bike, especially for the dollar. Electronic shifting Ultegra with a terrific gear range and nice 32c hardcase lite quality level tires to make it faster and smoother riding combine with the IsoSpeed Decoupler front and back.

But the only color it comes in is black. What's the deal on such choices?

I've ridden various brands of bikes but have only owned Treks, (since 1983), and have been using them as my exclusive brand now. Absolutely my, (obviously) favorite brand. For a road bike, my personal choice of frame for years has been the Domane.

On the one negative side noted as an indirect question, what's with some of their choices for colors for specific models. The current Domane SL 7 is a terrific bike, especially for the dollar. Electronic shifting Ultegra with a terrific gear range and nice 32c hardcase lite quality level tires to make it faster and smoother riding combine with the IsoSpeed Decoupler front and back.

But the only color it comes in is black. What's the deal on such choices?

That would have been a choice by the design team, to which I could only speculate. But I'll send the feedback about the color their way!

I've got one. I'm about to acquire a set of Bontrager Aeolus Pro 3 carbon clinchers. I run a campagnolo drivetrain. Just want to double check that I need to ask my local Trek dealer to order part # W420390

I've got one. I'm about to acquire a set of Bontrager Aeolus Pro 3 carbon clinchers. I run a campagnolo drivetrain. Just want to double check that I need to ask my local Trek dealer to order part # W420390